so, you know, it's cynical. it's effective. perhaps will work. one thing i want to point out, you mentioned about ted cruz and the extraordinary clashes in 2016 and how cynical it was and the president said well it worked, didn't it. it reminded me exactly of when harry reid accused mitt romney of not paying his tax. when asked about it, he said it worked, didn't it. i don't want to get into that. but it's important to remember that this is the language of politics these days. >> susan page, i go back to the quote of the president on the south lawn yesterday, i don't regret anything. it all worked out nicely. when applied to what we're talking about here it worked out nicely in 2016, this kind of rhetoric, this kind of fear, this talk about an invasion at the borders. it worked. it got him elected. is he not in some way falling back on what works for him?